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Queen Elizabeth II Library.
Special Report to Alumni
Queen Elizabeth II
Library Opens
The Queen Elizabeth II Library at
Memorial University of Newfoundland
opened its doors to students, faculty, and
staff on January 11, 1982. The impressive
five-story building, which has one of the
largest reading areas east of Montreal, is a
tribute to the confidence placed in Memorial
by its former students, students, employees,
the national and provincial corporate sector,
the provincial government as well as the
general public. It was from these sources
primarily that funds were raised to construct
and equip the new library with the provincial
government matching each dollar raised
through the Anniversary Fund and the
Alumni Annual Fund.
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Alumni Association played an
important role in having the library
constructed. In 1978, the Association agreed
to the release of $850,000 held in the Student
Union Building Trust to help get the library
under way. (The Council of the Students
Union, in a referendum also approved the
release of the funds from the Trust. The
money represented principal plus interest on
funds collected from students between 1960
and 1970 for a Student Union Building.)
When the University established the
Anniversary Fund in 1979, the Association
also agreed that former students could make
contributions to this fund and therefore to
the Queen Elizabeth II Library through the
Alumni Annual Fund. (A full report on the
Alumni Annual Fund will be given in the
next issue of LUMINUS. See elsewhere in
this issue for a Fund update.)
Associate Librarian Richard Ellis said
work on moving the 850,000 volumes from
storage and other areas began November 23,
1981.
"We started moving from the O'Leary
Avenue facility on November 23," said Mr. ■
Ellis. (250,000 volumes from the circulating
collection plus reference and government
documents have been stored in a warehouse
there for several years due to lack of space in
the Main Library). "Transfer of material
from the Main Library began December 16
and the Education Library was moved on
December 17. We could have made these
moves earlier but we decided to wait until
the exams were over so that we would not
disturb the students. We expect to have
everything moved by February 1."
Mr. Ellis said the library is designed to
hold twenty years of growth at the rate of
growth in 1975 — about 45,000 volumes
annually.
"This rate of growth has declined
slightly and we are good until at least the
year 2000 without having to add new storage
areas," said Mr. Elis. "By the time all of our
space is used up, at least one-thrid of our
collection will be high enough so that step
ladders will have to be used to reach it."
The Queen Elizabeth II Library
contains over 36 miles — 57.93 kilometers —
of shelving and has a floor space of 200,000
square feet — 18,588 square meters, There
are 30 miles — 42.28 kilometers — of
electrical conduct, 1.9 miles — 3.06
kilometers — of mechanical piping and
90,000 locally made bricks used in
construction.
The Queen Elizabeth Library is five
times the size of former Henrietta Harvey
Library Building. It houses all the materials
located in this building, the Periodicals in
the Temporary Building, as well as the
Education Library. The Health Sciences
Centre Library will remain in*its pVesent
location.
The new library is of easy access to
disabled persons and has been designed with
them in mind. All levels can be reached by
elevators.
The first level, connected to the
underground tunnel system contains a mini
conference centre, the library's Audio Visual
Resource Centre, Computing Services
Office, Printing Office and shortly, the
University book store.
On the second level, there are the public
services and general office space, the
Information Desk, the Book Check Out
area, catalogues, indexes, reference and
government documents.
The third level contains the Centre for
Newfoundland Studies and the Periodical
Section. Level four houses 60 per cent of the
book collection and level five the remainder
of the book collection as well as the Map
Centre.
The library has seating for 2,000 people
compared to 700 in the former library and
has a capacity for 1,600,000 volumes.
Alumni are permitted to have borrowing privileges. Contact the Alumni Affairs
Office 737-866^ for further information.
(See pages 4 and 5)
1981 Alumni Annual
Fund surpasses target!
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Alumni Association's Alumni
Annual Fund campaign for 1981 ended
December 31. Preliminary figures
indicate that over $65,000 was contributed during the year — $15,000 over the
goal of $50,000. This marks the third year
in a row that the Fund has gone over the
target.
A detailed report on the Fund will be
given in the next issue of ALUMINU.
Most of the Funds have been
earmarked for the Queen Elizabeth II
Library.
Members of the Alumni Annual
Fund Council are: Co-Chairpersons'
Daphne Pratt House, MUC37 and
Elizabeth Scammell Reynolds M.ed'78;
Honorary Fund Chairman, Gerald
Tiliey, B.Comm, '68 and Honorary
President of the Century Club, Dr.
Arthur Scammell, MUC'33. The Executive Committee of the National Board of
Directors serves as Ex Officio Members.

■Sufi npiiHp H|l •* *«P
I
I,
Queen Elizabeth II Library.
Special Report to Alumni
Queen Elizabeth II
Library Opens
The Queen Elizabeth II Library at
Memorial University of Newfoundland
opened its doors to students, faculty, and
staff on January 11, 1982. The impressive
five-story building, which has one of the
largest reading areas east of Montreal, is a
tribute to the confidence placed in Memorial
by its former students, students, employees,
the national and provincial corporate sector,
the provincial government as well as the
general public. It was from these sources
primarily that funds were raised to construct
and equip the new library with the provincial
government matching each dollar raised
through the Anniversary Fund and the
Alumni Annual Fund.
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Alumni Association played an
important role in having the library
constructed. In 1978, the Association agreed
to the release of $850,000 held in the Student
Union Building Trust to help get the library
under way. (The Council of the Students
Union, in a referendum also approved the
release of the funds from the Trust. The
money represented principal plus interest on
funds collected from students between 1960
and 1970 for a Student Union Building.)
When the University established the
Anniversary Fund in 1979, the Association
also agreed that former students could make
contributions to this fund and therefore to
the Queen Elizabeth II Library through the
Alumni Annual Fund. (A full report on the
Alumni Annual Fund will be given in the
next issue of LUMINUS. See elsewhere in
this issue for a Fund update.)
Associate Librarian Richard Ellis said
work on moving the 850,000 volumes from
storage and other areas began November 23,
1981.
"We started moving from the O'Leary
Avenue facility on November 23," said Mr. ■
Ellis. (250,000 volumes from the circulating
collection plus reference and government
documents have been stored in a warehouse
there for several years due to lack of space in
the Main Library). "Transfer of material
from the Main Library began December 16
and the Education Library was moved on
December 17. We could have made these
moves earlier but we decided to wait until
the exams were over so that we would not
disturb the students. We expect to have
everything moved by February 1."
Mr. Ellis said the library is designed to
hold twenty years of growth at the rate of
growth in 1975 — about 45,000 volumes
annually.
"This rate of growth has declined
slightly and we are good until at least the
year 2000 without having to add new storage
areas," said Mr. Elis. "By the time all of our
space is used up, at least one-thrid of our
collection will be high enough so that step
ladders will have to be used to reach it."
The Queen Elizabeth II Library
contains over 36 miles — 57.93 kilometers —
of shelving and has a floor space of 200,000
square feet — 18,588 square meters, There
are 30 miles — 42.28 kilometers — of
electrical conduct, 1.9 miles — 3.06
kilometers — of mechanical piping and
90,000 locally made bricks used in
construction.
The Queen Elizabeth Library is five
times the size of former Henrietta Harvey
Library Building. It houses all the materials
located in this building, the Periodicals in
the Temporary Building, as well as the
Education Library. The Health Sciences
Centre Library will remain in*its pVesent
location.
The new library is of easy access to
disabled persons and has been designed with
them in mind. All levels can be reached by
elevators.
The first level, connected to the
underground tunnel system contains a mini
conference centre, the library's Audio Visual
Resource Centre, Computing Services
Office, Printing Office and shortly, the
University book store.
On the second level, there are the public
services and general office space, the
Information Desk, the Book Check Out
area, catalogues, indexes, reference and
government documents.
The third level contains the Centre for
Newfoundland Studies and the Periodical
Section. Level four houses 60 per cent of the
book collection and level five the remainder
of the book collection as well as the Map
Centre.
The library has seating for 2,000 people
compared to 700 in the former library and
has a capacity for 1,600,000 volumes.
Alumni are permitted to have borrowing privileges. Contact the Alumni Affairs
Office 737-866^ for further information.
(See pages 4 and 5)
1981 Alumni Annual
Fund surpasses target!
The Memorial University of Newfoundland Alumni Association's Alumni
Annual Fund campaign for 1981 ended
December 31. Preliminary figures
indicate that over $65,000 was contributed during the year — $15,000 over the
goal of $50,000. This marks the third year
in a row that the Fund has gone over the
target.
A detailed report on the Fund will be
given in the next issue of ALUMINU.
Most of the Funds have been
earmarked for the Queen Elizabeth II
Library.
Members of the Alumni Annual
Fund Council are: Co-Chairpersons'
Daphne Pratt House, MUC37 and
Elizabeth Scammell Reynolds M.ed'78;
Honorary Fund Chairman, Gerald
Tiliey, B.Comm, '68 and Honorary
President of the Century Club, Dr.
Arthur Scammell, MUC'33. The Executive Committee of the National Board of
Directors serves as Ex Officio Members.